Friend's Daycare Center LLC

One infant room was over ratio by one child. There were 6 children with one caregiver. This was corrected at inspection when one child was moved to another classroom which placed all classrooms in ratio.

During a DFPS investigation, after reviewing video footage at the operation, a caregiver conducting transportation was seen exiting the transportation vehicle and not conducting a physical walk-through. This resulted in a child in care being left alone and unattended in a transportation vehicle for two hours.

During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child in care was left unattended in a vehicle for two hours.

During a DFPS Investigation, it was determined that a caregiver conducting transportation admitted to not having a list of the children being transported. This resulted in a child in care being left unattended in a vehicle for a period of two hours.

During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver counted in ratio admitted to not knowing she was responsible for a particular child in care. This caregiver conducted transportation and did not know this child was in the transportation vehicle. This resulted in the child being unaccounted for and left alone and unsupervised in a transportation vehicle for two hours.

During a DFPS Investigation, caregivers conducting transportation admitted to not using the electronic child safety alarm as required. In addition, owner stated they did not require the caregivers to use the electronic child safety alarm. This resulted in a child in care being left unattended in a transportation vehicle.

During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that the electronic child safety alarm in vehicles used for transportation were not functioning according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation

The operation has not been inspected for gas leaks in the last two years. The last gas leak test was completed on 8/19/2023.

Two infants did not have updated written feeding instructions.

Six infants were in care with one caregiver. This was corrected at inspection when one infant was moved to other infant room.

During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver left three children alone in a van for approximately 10 minutes when she exited the vehicle to pick up additional children at a school. The van remained on when the caregiver left the children unattended.

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation.

During inspection, a caregiver was observed to be supervising children without cleared background checks, to include pending fingerprints and pending national sex offender registry checks. Caregiver was allowed to be present before receiving notification from the criminal background check unit that the caregiver was eligible. This was corrected when this caregiver was removed from the operation. Caregiver's fingerprinting appointmnet was scheduled for 5/9/2024 during inspection.

A policy on breastfeeding was missing.

Five employee files were missing date of employment.

An infant did not have feeding instructions on file.

The operation has not been inspected by the health department.

The operation has not been inspected for gas leaks.

The operation has not been inspected by the fire department.